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2025 grant recipient Ella Power on stage at AMPA SPARK 2024 Guest Performance Image: Wenny Tan.

Featured News 24 Sep 2025

New Grantees | Round 2, 2025

This round of Emerging Artist Grants saw 45 early-career artists awarded a grants totalling a record-breaking $579,178.
New Grantees
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A large group of people sit and stand on outdoor steps.
Grantee Story 20 Dec 2018
Joshua Oates
In 2018, with the support of a Cultural Trust grant, Joshua Oates undertook private lessons with internationally renowned oboists. Through this experience, he tapped into various teaching styles that not only improved his performance but allowed him to have his own creative insights.
Music Classical
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Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran in his studio. Artist in yellow outfit standing amongst artwork and materials.
Grantee Story 10 Dec 2018
Next Phase: Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
Visual artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran was awarded a Cultural Trust grant in 2015 to complete a mentorship with Vipoo Srivilasa and participate in the Beyond Limitations Clay Mentoring Program.
Visual Art
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Ben Noble RCS
Grantee Story 10 Dec 2018
Ben Noble
A Cultural Trust grant will assist actor and writer Ben Noble in studying Contemporary and Classical Text (Acting) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Performing Art
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Woman on a stage dressed in a white bird costume and singing.
Grantee Story 30 Apr 2018
Georgia Wilkinson
Last year soprano and 2017 grantee Georgia Wilkinson undertook a series of vocal tuition and mentoring opportunities in both London and New York with the support of The Cultural Trust.
Music Classical
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Two young children standing in front of a wall with a spiral of white light projected onto it.
Grantee Story 30 Apr 2018
Stephanie Fynn
With the support of The Cultural Trust, Stephanie will attend a series of five workshops at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Denmark, with a focus on people-centred, accessible and inclusive design.
Design
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Redhead woman smiling and sitting at grand piano.
Grantee Story 27 Apr 2018
Angela Little
Screen composer and new grantee Angela Little is destined for big things. With nine years of professional experience composing for film, documentary and television, she is ready to take her practice to the next level by exploring new directions in screen music and working towards her goal of becoming a lead composer on internationally recognised projects.
Music Contemporary
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A gallery space with a pink chairs arranged in a circle. The chairs face inwards. Paintings hang on the wall in the background.
Grantee Story 26 Apr 2018
Georgia Saxelby
Since presenting at her first international conference in Maine and undertaking a residency at The Wassaic Project, New York, 2016 grantee Georgia Saxelby has established herself in the US as an artist to be reckoned with.
Visual Art
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Oliver Stokes Hughes
Grantee Story 4 Dec 2017
Oliver Stokes-Hughes
In 2017, painter and grantee Oliver Stokes Hughes undertook a study tour in figurative drawing, painting and sculpture at the Ryder Studio, Santa Fe; Grand Central Atelier, New York; and the School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
Visual Art
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Stage performance with clear yellow curtain and an actor dressed in white.
Grantee Story 18 Sep 2017
Louris van de Geer
Playwright and 2015 grantee Louris Van de Geer brought her love of psychoanalysis to the stage with her latest play, 'Looking Glass', which recently ran at fortyfivedownstairs. She took the time to answer a couple of questions about the play and her practice.
Performing Art
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Two women pose in front of a red door.
Grantee Story 18 Sep 2017
Samantha Butterworth
A Cultural Trust grant will see Samantha Butterworth travel to the United Kingdom to undertake a series of residencies with community arts organisations and to research theatre created with communities, for communities.
Community Art
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